{"id":377097,"date":"2026-08-21T01:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377097\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T01:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:58:08","slug":"fgcu-men-to-play-georgia-state-and-charlotte-in-fort-myers-tip-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377097\/","title":{"rendered":"FGCU men to play Georgia State and Charlotte in Fort Myers Tip-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of DUNK CITY won\u2019t have to go far to see their Eagles Thanksgiving week. FGCU will be part of the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Nov. 23 and 25 at Suncoast Credit Union Arena on the campus of Florida SouthWestern State College.<\/p>\n<p>FGCU headlines a division made up of Charlotte, Davidson, Georgia State, Northern Iowa and Tulane. First up for the Eagles will be Charlotte on Monday, Nov. 23 at 1:30 p.m. before FGCU faces Georgia State on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s Beach Division of the Tip-Off will feature Purdue, Oklahoma, DePaul and Pitt.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s side of the tournament, the Island Division features LSU, North Carolina State, Kansas State and Villanova. The Shell Division includes TCU, Indiana, Mississippi State and Georgia Tech.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the fourth time FGCU is competing in the Fort Myers Tip-Off (which previously was called the Gulf Coast Showcase). The Eagles are 6-3 all-time in the tournament with previous appearances in 2014, 2018 and 2022. This will be the first time FGCU will face Charlotte or Georgia State on the hardwood.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ticket prices, sales and availability will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>The Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village and the Marriott Sanibel Harbour Resort and Spa will serve as the host hotels for the teams of the Fort Myers Tip-Off, allowing fans to stay where the teams stay and experience resort life to the fullest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more about the Fort Myers Tip-Off, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortmyerstipoff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fortmyerstipoff.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans of DUNK CITY won\u2019t have to go far to see their Eagles Thanksgiving week. FGCU will be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-377097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}